Various Breads And Butters

The show has guest hosts. Recent graduates and esteemed interns Will “Madison Square” Gordon and Ian “Code” Morse take the mics to interview very special guests B.R. Cohen and Simon Tonev. Isn’t that something. And Michelle is there to produce it for us. There’s still a quiz, they still ask the 10/20/30 question, and they even fashion a variation of Fri/Sun. Eagle eyed and/or bat-eared listeners will notice we lost an episode (93), which is the first time that’s happened since the heartbreaking loss of Eps 1-42. But we manage. Please allow our extra double thanks to Will and Ian for all their interning gravitas over the past year and sincere congratulations on their election to emeritus status, now Playlist Intern Emeritus and Fact Check Intern Emeritus. They want you to follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, follow us on Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Credit to Fred Wesley and Colin Hay.

If you don’t already love lava, you will after this. If you already love lava, you’re in luck. Our guest is geologist Tamara Carley, a Volcanologist. She used to live by Mt. St. Helens; then she lived with Taylor Swift. Boom. Now she globe-trots and avoids lava by jumping to the left and queues up to get hot dogs on the side of Icelandic volcanoes. She too suffers the 10/20/30 question, teaches us about Nashville in a quiz, supports the Fri/Sun data, and even brought us rocks as a gift. So then, follow us on twitter @somelaterdate—you’re not following us, we see you, though you don’t read this either so this is like when you give a big speech about class attendance but what’s the point because anyone who hears the speech is already attending class—like us on Fb, follow us on Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, Will for Playlisting, and Johnny for Talent Booking. Also note a special EP credit to Greg MacDonald for encouraging the theme. Credit to

Our guest studies deception, or lying, or dishonesty, or insincerity in the workplace. He’s David Shulman, Professor of Sociology at Lafayette. After telling us about going to Detective School in Chicagoland so he could study the police, and some chit-chat about Sharknado admiration, he runs the 10/20/30 gauntlet, suffers through a "quiz," and addresses the Fri/Sun issue. Then to you: follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, follow us on Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Playlisting. Credit to the Digable Planets and Harry Belafonte.

The Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Michael Witmore, is our guest. He does yeoman’s work to guide us down the Bard’s path. The highbrow character of the episode doesn’t prevent a round of 10/20/30 music; another quiz; some Fri/Sun; and then your part: follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, follow us on Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Thomas for Producing and Ian for Fact Checking. Credit to the Dangdut Cowboys and Radiohead.

Is it VBB’s biggest fan? Will others contest? As is our motto, We broadcast; you decide. John Lach of U.Va. is the guest. Electrical and Computer Engineer, longtime friend of one of the co-hosts (the better one), a native Wisconsian, a Science, Technology, and Society (STS) grad, a studied podcast devotee in his own right, a quick wit and former Harry Chapin fan, the list goes on. We’ve got 10/20/30/40 music; a Jeffersonian quiz; a suspect answer on Fri/Sun; and then over to you: follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, listen to Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Will for Playlisting, and Ian for Fact Checking. Credit to Radiohead and Pearl Jam.

"Garbage people," language, religion, music, Breaking Away, museum no-nos, the whole Seal lyric debate, etc. Our most multi-lingual guest ever, Jessica “The Talent” Carr, is a professor in the Religious Studies Department, a native Floridian, a graduate of Indiana U., and a person with diverse musical taste. You’ll find that out with 10/20/30 music, after which is a quiz, Friday/Sunday, and, for you, the routine: follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, listen to Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Will for Playlisting, Ian for Fact Checking, and Johnny for Talent Coordinating. Credit to King Missile and Sagol 59.

Surfing and sustainability, there’s a lot of that in this episode. We talk to our third in a trinity of alumni guests, Joel Cesare Lafayette Class of ’04. Sustainable Building Advisor in the Office of Sustainability and the Environment for the City of Santa Monica (come and knock on their door), entrepreneur and co-founder of StokeShare, former varsity football player, current generous and congenial guy, Joel is a breath of fresh air. That’s almost wordplay because of the sustainability stuff, because fresh air, clean air, like environmentalism—but also it’s an interview and Fresh Air is an interview show too, so we did that. Anyhoozle. As ever, 10/20/30 music, the quiz, Friday/Sunday, and your routine: follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, listen to Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Will for Playlisting, Johnny as our Talent Acquisition intern, and Very Special Guest Episode Introducer (and Publicity Intern, European Division) Peter Van Manen. Credit t

DefCons 1-5 or 5-1 precede an affably ambling chat with Interim Coordinator in Lafayette’s Office of Intercultural Development (the ICLCOID, “The Icklecoid”) Liam O’Donnell. He’s a new father, he works on three great podcasts of his own (Cinepunx, Horror Business and Eric Roberts is the Man), he’s a Princeton Theological Seminary grad, he’s got a good read on religion and film and his hometown Philadelphia. We talk about that stuff and vampires and zombies and werewolfs too. Then 10/20/30 music, the quiz, Friday/Sunday, and the routine for you: follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, listen to Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for nearly Fact Checking, and Will for probably Playlisting. Credit to Hall & Oates and The Mountain Goats. @liamrulz @Cinepunx @thehorrorbiz666 @ERITFM

The history of Easton, our town, through the eyes of one of Lafayette’s most experienced alum, Danny Cohen, Class of ’65 (and no relation to the co-host). The idyll of the 1950s, economic downturn of the ‘70s, recovery in the ‘00s, it’s that kind of view. There are these parts too: how Danny lost that marathon in Moscow, about the famous alumni of Lafayette, about his fraternity brothers The Cyrkle who became this weird opener (we think) for The Beatles, and Simon loves Saved by the Bell and drink matrices, two quizzes, Friday/Sunday, equatorial apples, and the routine: be a dear and follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, listen to Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Renan for Producing this one. Credit to Santana and The Cyrkle.

Producer Emeritus, computer scientist, and Lafayette alum Renan Sequitur Dincer makes it to the interview room. Finally. He’s never been a guest, how about that. We talk about leaving Europe to go to Asia for school, what Christian missionaries were doing in Turkey in the 1800s, what music he’s been up to for 20-odd years, and where Boston is. Then the usual: we’ve got twitter, @somelaterdate, there’s Fb, and Spotify, and iTunes. Plus the guy gets double credit in this ep—because our thanks to Renan as well for producing. Credit to Beck and Beirut.

[recorded in December] From the XPrize to Lafayette College to West Africa to Philadelphia to a life devoted to human rights, global women’s issues, African history, and music and infectious joy, we talk to Dr. Emily Musil Church. There’s a quiz, there’s a Friday-Sunday question, there’s more good cheer and positivity than we usual have. And we need it. A note to listeners: this episode was recorded in December but thankfully available now for the respite of an optimism grounded in reality and good work. The routine: follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, listen to Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Playlisting. Credit to G. Love and Nomadic Wax.

Engineering, environmentalism, green chemistry, algae burgers, biodiesel, Frisbee golf, music (Lion King, Boyz II Men, jazz), a quiz, Fridays, Sundays...all with the excellent Prof. Lindsay Soh. It’s good. After that, the routine: follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, listen to Spotify, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. It’s exhausting, we already admitted it. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Thomas for co-producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Playlisting. Credit to My Morning Jacket and Charles Mingus.

How does college work? Dean of Students Paul McLoughlin explains it, more or less. Organizing student life, meal plans, student conduct, Galaga in the student union, from Ohio to Vermont to Florida to Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. Then it’s the usual—10-20-30 music; a quiz; Friday/Sunday. Do be a peach and follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, check out our Spotify channel, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. It’s exhausting, there’s so much to do. So thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Playlisting. Credit to Deer Tick and Dave Matthews Band.

Finance, money, cash, scholarships, lucre, dough, moola, large, bones, bread. We talk to Ashley Bianchi, Director of Financial Aid and native Mississippian about it all, or some of it, it’s more like some of it. It comes up, let’s just say that. Plus mayonnaise (the Sandwich Corollary), the South, the costs of college, discount rates, and all the regulars—10-20-30 music; a quiz; Friday/Sunday. Learn it all and then follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, check out our Spotify channel, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Playlisting. Credit to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Sara Bareilles covering Beyonce.

We finally have a mathematician on the show, Rob Root. He and his daughter, Gina, join us to talk social justice, numbers, math, maths, equations, sharks, obscure Vassar references, some math jokes, conjectures, math stuff, and math. We have a double round of 10-20-30 music (one of them 10-15-20); we have a quiz; we have Fridays and Sundays. The usual. After you listen—or before, we don’t actually check, you know that, right?—follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, check out our Spotify channel, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Playlisting. Credit to the Beastie Boys and Boz Scaggs.

Lots of Broadway, musicals, acting, and theater talk with the inestimable Mary Jo Lodge, professor in the Theater Department at Lafayette. This one makes us look cultured. This one has loads of Broadway references. I guess we already said that. This one is right in Producer Michelle’s wheelhouse, too. We also get into the 10-20-30 music question; we’ve got a quiz; there’s Friday-Sunday. If you would, follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Playlisting. Credit to George Harrison—because we have to believe that “All Things Must Pass”—and Springsteen.

John Hodgman is the guest. You probably got that from the title. The Daily Show, The Areas of My Expertise, The New York Times Magazine, HBO's Bored to Death, Amazon's Red Oaks, commercials about PCs and Macs--he's got a long credit list. We practice greetings, ask about our close competitor podcast Judge John Hodgman, invite John to help us judge more things—Peanut Butter v. Mint; student behaviors—get into the Friday-Sunday issue, deal with the 10-20-30 music question, and celebrate “Vacationland” in Bethlehem. Plus we make our first audio unboxing recording to find Dutch licorice. After that, follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Thomas and Michelle for Producing and Eric "Wingsy" Weber for his dual role as Talent Acquisition and Outreach Coordinator Intern. Credit to Billy Bragg and New Edition.

Chapter 1: Kix, because; chapter 2: our guest is here, Reference and Instruction Librarian Sarah Morris; chapter 3: her journey, from NC to PA; chapter 4: 10-20-30 music; chapter 5: quiz; chapter 6: Friday/Sunday; chapter 7: party mix. After that, follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Michelle for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Playlisting. Credit to Nellie McKay and Alison Kraus and Robert Plant.

The topics: chapter 1: Olympian quantum leap; chapter 2: modern dance and the Charleston; chapter 3: Dolly Parton; chapter 4: animal studies; chapter 5: numerology; chapter 6: 10-20-30 music; chapter 7: quiz; chapter 8: Friday/Sunday; chapter 9: pausing and holograms; chapter 10: we don’t have chapters on this show, you know that. But all of it with Prof. Carrie Rohman of the English Department. Thanks to Thomas for Producing, Ian for Fact Checking, and Will for Checking Ian’s Facts. Credit to Death Cab for Cutie and Dolly Parton.

This one has a lot of computer talk and communications talk and baseball talk, because John O’Keefe is the guest and he is Lafayette College’s Chief Information Officer and, currently, the Interim Vice President of Communications and also a baseball fan. After that, follow us on twitter @somelaterdate, like us on Fb, rate us on iTunes, and subscribe. Thanks to Producer Emeritus Renan for the heroic conclusion to his tenure (maybe?); credit to Miles Davis and Always Sunny.